Sandy Sorlien

January 1, 2000

Sandy Sorlien

“Imagining Antarctica.” When Sorlien’s grant from the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program to photograph landscapes in Antarctica was rejected, she decided to take photographs at home in the Northeastern United States of places that she imagined looked like Antarctica. The result is a stunning collection of snow and ice-filled images that bring the viewer into Sorlien’s vision of Antarctica. Using a plastic toy camera, Sorlien creates a world that is both voyeuristic, isolated, and mysterious.